Friday, June 21, 2013

I understand why the XBoxOne and Microsoft have made total
asses of themselves. But declaring it as one of the “10 Greatest Disasters” in
gaming history is a bit…presumptuous. Well that’s’ what the UK Guardian decided
to do, along with a myriad of other really bad examples on their list. It’s
almost as though they want the XBoxOne debacle to have top billing.

Listen. I get it. I know that we all freaked out about the
XBoxOne and Sony became our savior. Hell they still are, offering us a myriad
of features that the Xbox just can’t compete with, and for $100 less! But this
is just the start of the new console wars. We haven’t even seen how it will be
accepted on the marketplace now that the non-DRM, DRM has been removed. Let’s at least give the system a chance to redeem itself before we start
throwing it on the “worse moment ever” bus along with the craptacular
suggestions on the list. Seriously. Guardian…try harder next time. If the
Nintendo 64 cartridges are the best you can come up with, you need to get
someone who can research beyond 5 seconds of looking at Google, or knows video
games. Last I checked, the N64 sold pretty damn well and cartridges were still
a preferred method of gaming at that time while CD’s were new and had multiple
issues. Just saying…better examples next time.

Now. Back onto the Xbox bashing wagon. Not for “worse event
ever” butit still is enjoyable to
capitalize on Microsoft’s faux-paus moment.